Clinton is 8

What? Is that it? What about the rest?

Small squad this year, money saving exercise.

Its not pay per letter is it, if it isnt then i`m getting Netherton and Wheeldon to get my moneys worth!!!

Seems like Mr Sandercock has already changed his mind on a couple of players, Scott Taylor getting a well deserved promotion to a first team shirt....

Good news.

Yup no 10

Gosh i know we wanted to blood the youngsters but i would say 8 is a tadge to young wudnt you

Scott Wheeldon has the number 25 shirt this season

Wonder what his dad'll make of that.

tbf cant see him getting that much game time this season, along with nevo

And Rhys being pushed up to 13 instead of 16. Reward for doing well in training.

What?

We're not going to play him at loose are we?

Have you been feeding him up again with your special milk?

Bit of a strange reason when you consider his main opponent for the position hasn't returned to training yet.

It's a squad number and as already seen players are wearing theirs even when Craig Sandercock is swapping and changing them.

Move with the times guys squad numbers are not always positions.

In saying this loose might suit him. More central for defending, an 80min player that makes good yardage, not had chance to show it much but he's got pretty good passing skills. I suppose it depends what you want from a loose man really. A 3rd prop or a ball handling extra half back. If we're going with the thoughts of Watts playing at loose then there is not much difference between the two. Just think Watts suits prop a bit more but then that will be decided in pre-season I suppose.

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I wonder if Paea getting Mason's number is meant to be significant.

Mason has only managed one competitive appearance for Toulon, a defeat at Montpellier, as far as I can discover from their website. Nice work if you can get it!

Thought Rhys would have gotten a single number to save money in the club shop. Great value, 9 letters and 2 numbers. I also like how his name arcs across the top.

I don't know how much importance Sanders has given to the allocation of shirt numbers, but from a sponsorship and supporters point of view the numbers 1-17 tend to be viewed with significance. Lovegrove (13) and Nethers (16) has surprised me. I actually appreciate the irony of the allocation of 20 & 23. I hope to see 24, 29 & 33 make big break throughs

West tigers.

Is Kristain Bell not a ft player?

Has he got a squad number?

Quite an honour for Jordan Cox to be given Micky V's shirt number, lets hope he can emulate the great man.

No. Neither has David Scott who was mentioned as one who might step up. It's 50k for players (who play SL), outside the top 25 - that is either being divided by 8 as it stands or we don't intend to play some in 2012. Though I guess we might be able to use some of any extra cap the Tomkins Rule has got us - it is that messed up, anything is possible.

Given the number of kids Saints played due to their injury crisis, I do wonder if there is some kind of carousel mechanism. Or whether unused 'normal' cap can be used for those outside the 25.

Looks like this is as close to an official announcement about Taulapapa as we're likely to get, also.

Think Bell has gone to Oldham on loan and we all know what happens to players when we loan them to Oldham!!!